Robert Gant Instagram – When I studied Corporations in law school, it was emphasized throughout the semester that corporations exist for one reason only: to return profit to the shareholders. There are countless good people who work in corporations and many positive benefits that corporations contribute. However, there is no inherent fairness built into the corporate model. We see this evidenced over and over again throughout the course of history. There are photos of actors asleep in hallways in old Hollywood because of the lack of provisions around work hour limits and reasonable accommodations. The only way that fairness exists is through the collective voices of the workers who continually have to negotiate for fair wages and conditions. We are in a period like no other with the advent of A.I. and with the near total shift of the entertainment model vis-à-vis streaming (and the lack of fair pay to accompany it). This is a vital time for us all to take a stand. What’s crazy is that the corporation will allow the very thing that causes it to succeed and thrive (in this case the writers who create the stories that make corporations their profits) to suffer to the point of creative strangulation. Inevitably, if permitted to do this, corporations’ ability to have the success they have will wane as creatives are forced to find other ways to earn a livable wage and the quality of the content degrades. I’m grateful to walk the picket line with these two talented actor brothers with whom I’ve had the honor to work: @spencergarrett1 on #WhyWomenKill (which existed thanks to the writerly talents of Marc Cherry) and @alex_quijano_ who was my husband on @13reasonswhy (which existed thanks to the writerly talents of Brian Yorkey). Fellow thespians supporting the writers who make all this possible. Time is of the essence, and that time is now. The Directors’ and Actors’ Guilds will be following shortly. The issues the WGA faces are the same that we all do. Needless to say, I stand with the @wgawest and @wgaeast. #WGAWest #Solidarity #SAGAFTRA #WGAStrong #Fairness #Decency Paramount Studios